Putting Up Numbers· college football

Florida International’s rushing yards with Anthony Carrie and without Anthony Carrie

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Florida International was 4.3 yards under with Anthony Carrie and 26.1 yards over without Anthony Carrie over its last 25 games, 18 games against 1. The plain averages are 158.2 and 168.0, a difference of 9.8. Expected was 16.3 yards higher with Anthony Carrie than without Anthony Carrie. All 9 away games were with Anthony Carrie. Both neutral-site games were with Anthony Carrie. All 10 day games were with Anthony Carrie.

Anthony Carrie, running back: 727 rushing yards, 185 carries and 20 receptions in 20 of those 25 games, 23% of Florida International’s rushing yards in those games.

One game without Anthony Carrie is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

rushing yards a game over expected

The games

with Anthony Carriewithout Anthony Carrie
Florida International’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Anthony Carrie or without Anthony Carrie
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Oct 29, 2024vsNew Mexico State (neutral)W102169.8
Nov 16, 2024@Jacksonville StateL173139.8
Nov 23, 2024@Kennesaw StateL197139.8
Nov 30, 2024vsMiddle Tennessee (neutral)W146169.5
Aug 29, 2025vsBBethune-CookmanW224—
Sep 6, 2025@Penn StateL141129.8
Sep 13, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW242183.7
Sep 20, 2025vsDelawareL160168.6
Oct 4, 2025@UConnL131207.1
Oct 14, 2025@Western KentuckyW249181.5
Oct 21, 2025vsKennesaw StateL227188.7
Oct 29, 2025@Missouri StateL115176.7
Nov 8, 2025@Middle TennesseeW149163.5
Nov 15, 2025vsLibertyW169188.0
Nov 22, 2025vsJacksonville StateW204172.0
Nov 29, 2025vsSam Houston (neutral)W303202.8
Dec 26, 2025vsUTSA (neutral)L93149.1
Sep 5, 2026@South FloridaL8086.2
Sep 12, 2026vsBuffaloW154125.0
Sep 19, 2026@Florida AtlanticL95162.5
Sep 26, 2026vsLLong Island UniversityW169—
Oct 7, 2026vsNew Mexico StateW100125.4
Oct 13, 2026@Jacksonville StateL124120.7
Oct 20, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeL168141.9
Oct 31, 2026@LibertyL34116.4

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 5.9 in 2025, plus 8.0 in 2026 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 77% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • Bethune-Cookman, Long Island University have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Anthony Carrie nor without Anthony Carrie: Anthony Carrie had no game for the team that season, and sit out.